Butler’s Ethan Morton offered scholarship by new Pitt coach Jeff Capel

By: HSSN Staff
Friday, April 6, 2018 | 9:30 PM

West Virginia, Penn State and Duquesne had offered Ethan Morton a basketball scholarship, along with Purdue, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Iowa and a few others.

Add Pitt to that list.

Newly hired Panthers coach Jeff Capel extended an offer Friday to the 6-foot-5 sophomore point guard from Butler. Morton is the first WPIAL player recruited by Capel, who was hired last week.

“Grateful to have received an offer to Pitt from Coach Capel,” Morton announced in a Tweet on Friday night.

Morton averaged 24 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for Butler (18-5), which reached the WPIAL Class 6A playoffs. He’s a well-rounded player who had 32 blocks, 55 steals and shot 81 percent from the foul line (172 of 212).

He also holds scholarship offers from Cleveland State, Miami (Ohio) and UAB.

New Pitt basketball coach @jeffcapel extends an offer to Butler sophomore guard Ethan Morton, who already has a collection of D1 scholarship options. #TribHSSN #PIAA https://t.co/y1R970vfwU

— Chris Harlan (@CHarlan_Trib) April 7, 2018

Excited to have received an offer from Purdue pic.twitter.com/oJ6vAjbW2R

— Ethan Morton (@EthanMorton_24) January 25, 2018

Grateful to receive an offer from Ohio St pic.twitter.com/jLhmvFZ6Up

— Ethan Morton (@EthanMorton_24) October 30, 2017

Blessed to have received an offer from Iowa pic.twitter.com/oYbR7b4yMo

— Ethan Morton (@EthanMorton_24) October 29, 2017

Thankful to have received an offer from Wisconsin pic.twitter.com/fIj6rztRf0

— Ethan Morton (@EthanMorton_24) October 28, 2017

Excited to have received an offer from West Virginia pic.twitter.com/uHeATob9Yd

— Ethan Morton (@EthanMorton_24) August 20, 2017

Honored to have received an offer from Penn State pic.twitter.com/drJqOd9pZw

— Ethan Morton (@EthanMorton_24) July 22, 2017

Grateful to have received an offer from UAB pic.twitter.com/5cbYnbX873

— Ethan Morton (@EthanMorton_24) July 11, 2017

Excited to have received an offer from The University of Duquesne pic.twitter.com/BqoqsnvU3u

— Ethan Morton (@EthanMorton_24) June 20, 2017

Thankful to have received an offer from Miami (OH) University pic.twitter.com/8xfkre6imv

— Ethan Morton (@EthanMorton_24) May 10, 2017

Blessed to have received an offer from Cleveland State. pic.twitter.com/m0hIeK34K3

— Ethan Morton (@EthanMorton_24) July 26, 2016

Chris Harlan is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach him at charlan@tribweb.com or via Twitter @CHarlan_Trib.